Fastener for car-doors.



C. FLEMING.

FASTENER FOR CAR DO ORS.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 11. 1912.

Patented Apr. 18, 1916.

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FASTENER FOR CAR oooas.

APPLICATION HLED SEPT-11, I9I2- Patented Apr. 18, 1916.-

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CHARLES FLEMING, OF SOUTH BARTONVILLE, ILLINOIS.

FASTENER FOR CAR-DOORS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 18, 1918..

Application filed September 11, 1912. Serial No. 719,760.

South Bartonville, in the county of Peoria' and State of Illinois, have invented new and useful Improvements in Fasteners for Gar-Doors, of which the following is a specification.

This invention has reference to an improvement in the means for locking doors for freight cars and the like.

One of the objects of the present invention resides in the improved locking means for the car door; such means including a simple but eflicient lock for the forward edge of said door. The locking means for the forward edge of the door intended for securely fastening the door in a closed position, means being provided to prevent the door from being pushed outwardly from the car body by pressing from within the car when the door is in the closed position.

With the above and such other objects in view as may hereinafter appear, the invention consists in the novel construction, combination and arrangement of parts to be hereinafter specifically described and then claimed.

Reference will now be had to the drawings forming a part of this specification, wherein there is illustrated a preferred embodiment of the invention, but it is to be understood that the structural elements thereof can be varied or changed, as to the shape, proportion and manner of assemblage without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention.

Figure l is a side view of a portion of a car body with my improvements applied thereto; Fig. 2 is an elevation partly in section showing the locking means for the for ward edge of the door, said locking means being in an unlocked position; Fig. 3 is a. view of the parts shown in Fig. 5, except that they are shown in locked position; Fig. 41 is an edge view of the part shown in Fig. 3, and partly in section; Fig. 5 is a cross section as the same would appear if taken on the line 88 of Fig. 3, looking in the direction of the arrows in said figure.

Like characters of reference denote corresponding parts throughout the figures.

1 designates the car body and 2 a sliding door for closing the opening 3, see Fig. 2.

Securing means for the forward edge of the door-Such means is best shown in detail in Figs. 2 to 5, both inclusive. Secured to the car body and in an upright position thereon is an angle bar 16. Such bar has the flat portion 17, by means of which the bar may be bolted or otherwise secured to the car body in the position shown in Fig. 1 and with the right angle portion 18 and with the further portion 19 which extends at right angles to the portion 18. With such a construction when the door 2 is closed, the forward portion and forward edge thereof lies between the portion 19 of the bar 16 and the body of the car, as shown in Fig. 5, with the forward edge of the door abutting or lying against the inner face of the portion 18 of said bar 16. Although it has not been shown, the forward edge of the door 2 might be protected with a metal strip, to cover only the edge of the door or to extend over on to one or both sides of said doors.

In the edge of the door 2 I provide a recess or opening 20 which may be of suitable width and said opening or recess is formed with the depending neck or seat 21. In the part 18 of the angle bar 16, an opening 22 is provided which is substantially of the same width and length as the opening 20 in the face of the edge of the door 2. Pivotally attached to the plateportion 17 of said angle iron 16 is a clasp or looking member 23. Said clasp or looking member includes the body portion 24 and has a slot 25 through which the pivot pin 26 is carried and on which the clasp or locking member may be swung. Said member further includes the hook portion 27 which may be attached to or formed integral with the body portion 24., and at a point, preferably where the hook portion and body portion unite, an ear or projection 28 is provided, having the opening 29 to receive any suitable sealing device which it may be desired to use. When the door 2 is in the closed position shown in Figs. 2, 3 and 5, the clasp or looking member is swung on its pivot to cause the hooked portion 27 thereof to pass through the opening 22 in the portion 18 of the angle bar 16 and thence into the opening or recess 20 in the forward edge of the said door; when this has been done, said locking member is thrust downwardly, made possible by the slot 25, to adapt the body portion 2 1 of said clasp or looking member to have movement across the pivot pin 26. This will position the hooked portion 27 into the depending neck or seat 21 of the recess or opening 20,

in the manner shown in dotted lines in Fig. 3, locking the door 2 in theposition shown in said last mentioned figure. In addition to the locking means I have just described, I provide for the sealing of said locking means by the use of any suitable sealing de vice.

to the portion 17 of said angle bar 16 and said member 30 has the ear or projection 32 which corresponds to the ear or projection 28, previously described as being on the clasp or locking member 23, and said ear or projection 32'is formed with an opening 33, see Fig. 4, which is similar to the opening 29 in the ear or projection 28. WVhen the clasp or locking member 23 has been moved into the position shown in Fig. 3, the member 30 is moved from that position shown in Fig. 2 to its locking position shown'in Fig. 3 with its ear or projection 32 immediately above or resting upon the ear or projection 28, in which position asuitable sealing device such as now commonly used for sealing car doors,

1 is passed through the openings in said ears or projections 32 and 28, and the ends of said device sealed. To open the door, after the seal is' broken, the member 30 is first swung into the position shown in Fig. 2, when the clasp or locking member 23 may be raised to allow the hook 27 to pass out of the opening or recess in the car door and through the opening 22 in the angle'bar 16 and into that position shown in Fig. 2, which will permit the car door to be moved into an open position. By the use of a locking device such To accomplish this I provide the additional locking member 30 pivoted at 31 as I have described, it is obvious that not only is the car door firmly and securely locked in a closed position and held against edgewise movement, but that the forward end of the door may be firmly held against lateral movement from pressure within or without, and that said locking means embodies a simple and efficient arrangement for the sealing of the same after the door has been closed and locked.

What I claim is:

1. A fastener for car doors comprising in combination with a door having a right angle recess in its front edge, a pivoted and vertically sliding hooked member engaging in said recess, a lug projecting from said hooked member, and a pivoted lug engaging the upper face of the hooked member and securing the same against removal from the right angle recess.

2. In combination with a door provided with a keeper, a vertically sliding and horizontally swinging latch adapted to engage said keeper, a perforated lug projecting from said latch, a pivoted locking member, a, perforated lug projecting therefrom and adapted to register with the lug on the sliding and pivoted latch, and means passing through the perforations to secure the parts against movement and prevent displacement of the latch from the keeper.

CHARLES FLEMING.

Witnesses:

CHAS. N. LA PoR'rE, JEANNETTE M. ANDEnsoN.

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